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Clinical and Endocrinological Effects of Hydroxyzine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

M. Assael
Affiliation:
Talbieh Psychiatric Hospital and Department of Applied Pharmacology, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical and Pharmacy Schools, Jerusalem, Israel
F. G. Sulman
Affiliation:
Talbieh Psychiatric Hospital and Department of Applied Pharmacology, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical and Pharmacy Schools, Jerusalem, Israel
H. Z. Winnik
Affiliation:
Talbieh Psychiatric Hospital and Department of Applied Pharmacology, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical and Pharmacy Schools, Jerusalem, Israel

Extract

In earlier papers we have shown that ataraxic drugs whose main point of attack lies in the hypothalamic area are able to evoke endocrine effects (1, 2, 3). These are obviously the result of depression of the reticular formation and hypothalamic centres responsible for the anterior pituitary's endocrine activity.

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Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1960 

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